World Athletics Championships 2015/3000 m obstacle men
| World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
|
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| discipline | 3000 meter obstacle course for men |
| city |
 Beijing
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| place | Beijing National Stadium |
| Attendees | 42 athletes from 24 countries |
| Competition phase | August 22, 2015 (preliminary round) August 24, 2015 (final) |
| Medalist | |
|---|---|
 gold |
Ezekiel Kemboi ( KEN )
 |
 silver |
Conseslus Kipruto ( KEN )
|
 bronze |
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto ( KEN )
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The men's 3000 meter obstacle course at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place in Beijing , People's Republic of China , on August 22 and 24, 2015 .
The medal winners of this competition as well as the fourth came from Kenya. Ezekiel Kemboi was world champion ahead of Conseslus Kipruto and Brimin Kiprop Kipruto .
Records
| World record |
 Saif Saaeed Shaheen
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7: 53.63 min | Brussels , Belgium | September 3, 2004 |
| Championship record |
Ezekiel Kemboi
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8: 00.43 min | World Cup in Berlin , Germany | August 18, 2009 |
Prelims
From the three preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the six fastest runners - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
August 22, 2015, 10:25 am (4:25 am CEST )
| space | Surname | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conseslus Kipruto |
Kenya
|
8: 41.41 |
| 2 | Evan Jager |
 United States
|
8: 41.51 |
| 3 | Matthew Hughes |
 Canada
|
8: 41.52 |
| 4th | Yoann Kowal |
 France
|
8: 41.65 |
| 5 | Cupid Ben Yahia |
 Tunisia
|
8: 43.11 |
| 6th | Seboka coffee table |
 Ethiopia
|
8: 47.73 |
| 7th | Hicham Sigueni |
 Morocco
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8: 49.73 |
| 8th | Sebastian Martos |
 Spain
|
8: 50.20 |
| 9 | Nikolai Chavkin |
 Russia
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8: 51.22 |
| 10 | Abdelhamid Zerrifi |
 Algeria
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8: 51.89 |
| 11 | Benjamin Kiplagat |
 Uganda
|
8: 54.46 |
| 12 | James Nipperess |
 Australia
|
8: 56.01 |
| 13 | Mitko Zenow |
 Bulgaria
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9: 02.72 |
| DNS | Nelson Kipkosgei Cherotich |
 Bahrain
|
Run 2
August 22, 2015, 10:40 a.m. (4:40 a.m. CEST )
| space | Surname | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech |
Kenya
|
8: 25.77 |
| 2 | Bilal Tabti |
Algeria
|
8: 26.99 |
| 3 | Donald Cabral |
United States
|
8: 27.33 |
| 4th | Tolosa Nurgi |
Ethiopia
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8: 27.65 |
| 5 | Hamid Ezzine |
Morocco
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8: 29.26 |
| 6th | Dikotsi Lekopa |
 South Africa
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8: 37.43 |
| 7th | Fernando Carro |
Spain
|
8: 38.05 |
| 8th | John Kibet Koech |
Bahrain
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8: 38.62 |
| 9 | Ilgisar Safiullin |
Russia
|
8: 39.58 |
| 10 | Alex Genest |
Canada
|
8: 52.49 |
| 11 | Kaur Kivistik |
 Estonia
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8: 56.36 |
| 12 | Gerald Giraldo |
 Colombia
|
9: 16.47 |
| 13 | Sapolai Yao |
 Papua New Guinea
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9: 51.09 |
| DNS | Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim |
 Djibouti
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Run 3
August 22, 2015, 10:55 am (4:55 am CEST )
| space | Surname | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezekiel Kemboi |
Kenya
|
8: 24.75 |
| 2 | Brahim Taleb |
Morocco
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8: 24.84 |
| 3 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto |
Kenya
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8: 24.95 |
| 4th | Krystian Zalewski |
 Poland
|
8: 25.10 |
| 5 | Daniel Huling |
United States
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8: 25.34 |
| 6th | Hailemariyam Amare |
Ethiopia
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8: 25.36 |
| 7th | Hicham Bouchicha |
Algeria
|
8: 30.07 |
| 8th | Taylor Milne |
Canada
|
8: 43.47 |
| 9 | Jamel Chatbi |
 Italy
|
8: 47.30 |
| 10 | Halil Akkaş |
 Turkey
|
8: 54.04 |
| 11 | Tumisang Monnatlala |
South Africa
|
8: 55.25 |
| 12 | Hashim Mohamed Salah |
Qatar
|
9: 17.35 |
| DNF | Roberto Alaiz |
Spain
|
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| DNS | Jeroen D'hoedt |
 Belgium
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final
August 24, 2015, 9:15 pm local time (3:15 pm CEST )
For this competition, the runners from Kenya were once again the favorites. Ezekiel Kemboi in particular had won all the major championships in recent years. In 2009 , 2011 and 2013 he became world champion and 2012 Olympic champion. Brimin Kipruto was world champion in 2007, vice world champion in 2011 and Olympic fifth in 2012. Conseslus Kipruto was vice world champion in 2013. Jairus Birech from Kenya was also there. One of the most serious opponents for the Kenyans, the French European champion Yoann Kowal, was eliminated in the preliminary stages. Above all, the American Evan Jager remained as a competitor for the Kenyans, who had distinguished himself with good results in the run-up.
The first laps of the race went at a leisurely pace - first km: 2: 49.50 min / second km: 2: 47.27 min. The field stayed close together, the runners moved widely in twos or threes side by side. The Kenyans and the two Americans were always at the front. From lap four it got a little faster. Three Kenyans led ahead of Jager, the Moroccan Brahim Taleb, Jager and the fourth runner from Kenya. But soon the leaders slowed down again, everything came together as closely as before.
It only got really fast on the last lap. Only Jager was able to follow the four Kenyans at first, while Taleb and even more the rest of the field fell further and further behind. On the back straight Kemboi sprinted to the front and tore a small gap to his opponents. But C. Kipruto came back on the target corner. B. Kipruto followed at a considerable distance, followed by Birech another six to seven meters behind. The decision to win was made at the last obstacle, which Kemboi mastered much better than C. Kipruto. So there was the same ranking in the first two places as in 2013. Ezekiel Kemboi was again world champion, Conseslus Kipruto vice world champion. Kemboi had covered the last kilometer in 2: 34.51 minutes. Brimin Kipruto crossed the finish line in third, Jairus Birech in fourth. So the Kenyans once again dominated the entire field of obstacle runners. The two Americans Daniel Huling and Evan Jager came in fifth and sixth, ahead of Brahim Taleb and the Canadian Matthew Hughes. The best European in ninth place was Krystian Zalewski from Poland.
Ezekiel Kemboi has already won his fourth world title since 2009. In addition, he was runner- up at the 2003 , 2005 and 2007 world championships and 2012 Olympic champion.
| space | athlete | country | Time (min) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Ezekiel Kemboi |
Kenya
|
8: 11.28 |
|
Conseslus Kipruto |
Kenya
|
8: 12.38 |
|
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto |
Kenya
|
8: 12.54 |
| 4th | Jairus Kipchoge Birech |
Kenya
|
8: 12.62 |
| 5 | Daniel Huling |
United States
|
8: 14.39 |
| 6th | Evan Jager |
United States
|
8: 15.47 |
| 7th | Brahim Taleb |
Morocco
|
8: 17.73 |
| 8th | Matthew Hughes |
Canada
|
8: 18.63 SB |
| 9 | Krystian Zalewski |
Poland
|
8: 21.22 SB |
| 10 | Donald Cabral |
United States
|
8: 24.96 |
| 11 | Hamid Ezzine |
Morocco
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8: 25.72 |
| 12 | Hailemariyam Amare |
Ethiopia
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8: 26.19 |
| 13 | Bilal Tabti |
Algeria
|
8: 29.04 |
| 14th | Hicham Bouchicha |
Algeria
|
8: 33.79 |
| 15th | Tolosa Nurgi |
Ethiopia
|
8: 44.81 |
World champion Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya
Vice World Champion Conselsus Kipruto, Kenya
The Kenyan Brimin Kipruto won the bronze medal
Another Kenyan came in fourth: Jairus Birech
Fifth place for the American Daniel Huling
The American Evan Jager came in sixth
The Moroccan Brahim Powell came in seventh place
Matthew Hughes from Canada finished eighth in the final
Best European in ninth place: Krystian Zalewski from Poland
The third US-American in the final field, Donald Cabral, finished tenth
The Moroccan Hamid Ezzine reached eleventh place
The Ethiopian Hailemariyam Amare Tabti took twelfth place
The Algerian Bilal Tabti finished thirteenth
Fourteenth place for Hicham Bouchicha from Algeria
Web links and sources
- Homepage of the 2015 World Championships, 3000 m obstacle men on the IAAF website (English), accessed on October 28, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 28, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on October 28, 2018
Video
- 3000m Steeplechase Final World Championships Beijing 2015 on youtube.com, published September 7, 2016, accessed October 28, 2018